Court overturns Dillon County hog farm permit Print E-mail
Friday, 29 August 2008

DILLON -- Pee Dee Indian Nation Chief Carolyn Chavis-Bolton said she will sleep a little better at night now that a proposed swine facility won’t be built near the river and the land that has been inhabited by the Indians for hundreds of years. The Pee Dee Indian Nation, along with other Dillon County petitioners, filed a lawsuit against a permit issued by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control that would have allowed Ryan Coleman to operate Oak Ridge Swine Farm. The farm was projected to hold a maximum of 3,520 hogs.

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